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" The morning precious: beauty was awake! Why were ye not awake? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile: so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip,... "
The Poetical Works of John Keats: In Two Parts - Page 123
by John Keats - 1846
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 3

1861 - 788 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious ; Beauty was awake! Why were ye not awake ! But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To...compass vile; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied....
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Macmillan's Magazine, Volume 3

1861 - 520 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious ; Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake 1 But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To...compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied....
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Smaller specimens of English literature, with notes. Ed. by W. Smith

sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious : Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To...like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied.1 Easy was the task : A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of poetry. Ill-fated, impious...
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Les dernières années de Lord Byron: Les rives du Lac de Genève, L'Italie, La ...

Louise Haussonville (comtesse d') - 1874 - 296 pages
...person learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him : « Bot ye were dead Tu things ye knew not of — were closely wed To musty...rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of doits to smooth, inlay, and chip and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, ï'/tei/' venes...
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Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, and Other Essays

David Masson - 1874 - 338 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious ; Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws, lined out with wretched rale And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip and fit, Till,...
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Peeps at Life, And, Studies in My Cell

Walter Parke - 1875 - 270 pages
...lapidaries who are finically anxious about the niceties of form and diction : — " A school Of dolts who smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied." This boldness and independence caused much of the opposition he met with. That so unfledged an aspirant...
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Church Quarterly Review, Volume 33

Theology - 1892 - 568 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious : Beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To...compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smoothe, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tall1ed....
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The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats: Now First ..., Volume 4

John Keats - Poets, English - 1883 - 516 pages
...young person learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him : ' But ye were dead To things ye knew not of— were closely wed To musty...ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, undjit Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task A...
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The Poetical Works and Other Writings, Volume 4

John Keats - 1883 - 518 pages
...young person learning to write poetry, and beginning by teaching the art. Hear him : ' But ye were dead To things ye knew not of — were closely wed To musty...ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and chip, and fit Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task...
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The Poetical Works and Other Writings of John Keats: Now First ..., Volume 1

John Keats - Poets, English - 1883 - 440 pages
...collected still to make The morning precious : beauty was awake ! Why were ye not awake ? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule 195 And compass vile : so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till,...
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